My character has no love or even cares about either side, but he doesn't want to see a land torn to pieces over a pointless war; he's made too many friends and allies in his many adventures. But he's still trying to piece together what the better course of action should be, given the collection of books he gathered over 200+ playing hours and the evidence taken from the Thalmor Embassy.

Would following Ulfric lead to a better future for Tamriel? Or would following the Empire?

....Now part of me wants to time-travel and play as the Nerevarine again. At least that long adventure had you right an old wrong (the Tribunal, what happened at Red Mountain, a pissed off Azura, etc.) with spectacular fireworks (dat half-finished Dwemer Megazord :3). I know the effects aren't immediate, but my character is split on this decision.

I...went and read another discussion thread, and yes, I should just go ahead and silently kill every Stormcloak, Imperial, and Thalmor I see. ::sigh:: Why can't they make me Emperor? I know I'm not a Septim, I know that if I tried I'd get a silent hissy fit from Ulfric and a death glare from the Thalmor, and I'm probably guessing Akatosh miiiiight strike me down for trying to do so.

At least I'm not the idiot called Miraak who called "first" on being Dragonborn.

The only right side is the side you believe is right. If you've played New Vegas, then get the image of the New Vegas Legion out of your head for the Imperial Legion - because things aren't as black and white in Skyrim as they were in New Vegas. There's a lot of stuff we learn throughout the course of the game about both factions, but there's even more we don't that took place between Oblivion and Skyrim. Both sides are just two different shades of gray.

The one faction you know is evil, though, is the Thalmor. So just make sure you kill lots of them regardless of what side pick.

I chose Imperials because it seems to be the most right side to be on. I move my cursor out of my way as I type this and the black lines above highligthed some words. So that help re-enforce my feelings about the side I chose.